CHERRY HILL, N.J. — Eagles offensive tackle Todd Herremans had minor surgery last Monday to remove a “sliver” from his right foot, which he broke in the eighth game of last season.

Herremans said it was unrelated to that injury, which sidelined him for the rest of the 2012 season.

“Basically it’s a sliver I got in my foot over a year ago,” Herremans said before being honored by the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association as its Good Guy award winner. “It’s been in there and bothering me. It gets infected and then I take antibiotics and it goes away and it comes back. It’s the same foot but it has nothing to do with the cuboid bone that I injured. Everything is on schedule.”

Herremans said the fragment wasn’t removed until recently because doctors and trainers weren’t sure what it was.

Herremans has spoken to new Eagles head coach Chip Kelly and is eager to see how the up-tempo offense translates to the NFL. For now Herremans isn’t sure where he’ll play — tackle or guard. Or how much he’ll weigh.

“He’s really big into the scientific thing of measuring your ankle to see how much weight your body can bear and different things like that,” Herremans said of Kelly. “He obviously doesn’t want you to have more than you can handle because it causes injuries. He’s really deep into that. I don’t imagine that I’ll have to make a dramatic weight shift.”

Herremans says he’s about 305 pounds now, that he played guard at 294 and that he expects to be ready to roll at the first minicamp.

“I don’t see any reason why I wouldn’t be ready,” Herremans said.

As for the Good Guy award, Herremans believes it should go to the people who raised him.

“My parents should be getting the award I would think,” Herremans said. “This is kind of about being a good human, I would imagine. It’s cool. I at least try not to come into the locker room and purposely avoid you guys acting like I’m busy talking on the phone.”

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Carli Lloyd, a product of Delran, N.J., accepted the Team of the Year award for the U.S. women’s Olympic gold-medal-winning soccer team.

Lloyd said she’s a huge Philly sports fan, starting with the Phillies. And she’s looking forward to the next women’s professional soccer league, one linked with Major League Soccer.

“Hopefully the third time’s a charm and it stays,” Lloyd said. “I think this one has a good business plan.”

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Flyers chairman Ed Snider was honored for his lifetime commitment to humanitarian endeavors, including The Snider Hockey Foundation and the Flyers Charities.

“We started the Snider Hockey Foundation because we wanted to do something for the inner-city kids,” Snider said. “I felt the best way to do it was through hockey. When the city said they were closing the rinks, we stepped in and said, ‘We’ll run them.’ Those rinks were dilapidated. They’d been neglected for years. They were open-air.”

The Flyers, along with the state, resurrected the inner-city skating facilities.

“They are now state of the art, magnificent, beautiful rinks 365 days a year and it’s been great,” Snider said. “And we have an educational component. It’s not just hockey. We teach these kids life skills.”

As recognized as Snider is for his charitable side, he is famous for his short patience with struggling hockey clubs. The Flyers are 2-4.

“We better get our special teams straightened out, or we’re in trouble,” Snider said. “But we will get them straightened out.”

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Philadelphia super middleweight Jesse Hart was recognized as an intriguing up-and-comer. The son of former contender Eugene “Cyclone” Hart is 5-0 as a professional and is being handled by Top Rank — an indication of his status in the boxing industry.

“They say that after 19 fights, I might get a championship fight,” Hart said. “So that’s what I am working on. You never know. I’d love it to be close to Philadelphia. I keep telling Top Rank that we have to bring that boxing back here.”

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American League Rookie of the Year Mike Trout met Charlie Manuel and said, “I’m glad you got Michael Young out of the American League West.”

Trout, who played for Springfield High grad Mike Scioscia, manager of the Los Angles Angels, was honored as the Outstanding Pro Athlete.

“He always tells me Philly is better than Jersey,” said Trout, of Millville, N.J. “So we argue once in a while.”